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No one ever mentions the 0th law, which was probably the most important, at least in the books.

Almost finished reading the entire Robot/Empire/Foundation series. That “I, Robot” movie was garbage; absolutely nothing to do with the Robot series.

Just finished The Currents of Space. Pretty depressing, that (probably) 10k years in the future, humans are still exploiting each other. Asimov probably has it spot on.

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> That “I, Robot” movie was garbage; absolutely nothing to do with the Robot series

Indeed. Wasn't the rumor that "I, Robot" was originally a script called "Hardwired" (or something like that), and that the Asimov-specific elements were pasted on top of it at the last minute? Regardless, the movie is trash and goes pretty much against the spirit of all Asimov ever wrote :/

I started binge reading Asimov's books in that order as well and I share you sentiments. I guess that I liked the robot series more than Foundation since the characters were more relatable.

The Seldon Plan is both the protagonist and antagonist of the Foundation trilogy. The human characters are merely incidental. A masterful achievement.

I see the beginnings of something similar with The Flow in The Collapsing Empire.

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